Katherine Skiba

Writer

Katherine Skiba is the Chicago Tribune’s Washington correspondent. A third-generation Chicagoan, she reports on the Illinois members of Congress, the White House, the Obama family, elections and a variety of stories. She has reported from more than 30 states in the U.S. and 16 foreign countries. Earlier she was a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report and held several positions at the Milwaukee Journal, including Washington correspondent. She received her B.A. in journalism from Marquette University and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She has received several journalism awards, including Marquette’s By-Line Award for career achievement. She has discussed politics and government on CNN, C-SPAN, PBS’s “NewsHour,” MSNBC, Fox Business News and other outlets. She is a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association and the National Press Club, where she formerly chaired its Speakers Committee. She is the author of “Sister in the Band of Brothers: Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq.”

Recent Articles

Democratic lawmakers from Illinois joined in their party's widespread condemnation of President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, and some state Republican members of Congress said they were looking for more answers after the surprise move. U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Chicago called...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Friday joined the growing Democratic opposition to President Donald Trump's Army secretary nominee, and he withdrew from consideration later in the day as criticism continued to intensify. Mark Green stepped aside amid condemnation of his remarks about LGBT Americans...

All seven Republican congressmen from Illinois on Thursday voted for their party's historic bill that seeks to dismantle key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including two suburban lawmakers who've faced protests on the issue back home. While the details of the measure are sure to change when...

Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday offered the first look at the design of the planned Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park — a campus of three buildings highlighted by an eye-catching museum, whose height and splaying walls would make a bold architectural statement. Calling it a "transformational...

Three Republican congressmen who represent Chicago suburbs have so far declined to preview how they would vote on the latest measure to repeal key parts of the Affordable Care Act amid signs the House plans to make another run at the proposal Thursday. All three — Reps. Peter Roskam of Wheaton,...

Former President Barack Obama's second Chicago trip in as many weeks on Wednesday will include two events and a first look at a design for his presidential center in Jackson Park. About 300 people are expected at a midday event at the South Shore Cultural Center, where Obama will moderate a roundtable...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, 72, underwent an outpatient procedure in a Chicago hospital on Tuesday to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, his office announced. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, was found during a recent annual physical to have an atrial flutter, according to a news release from his office....

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will unveil a conceptual model of the former president's library and museum during a community meeting in Chicago on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the foundation's plans. A three-dimensional model of Obama Presidential Center will...